Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar
Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar | ||||
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RCA Victor LPM-3079 | ||||
Producer | Steve Sholes | |||
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Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar is the first studio album released by
History
Atkins had previously recorded on
Chet later spent time trying to locate those early demos of himself singing in order to destroy them.[3]
Atkins later traveled to New York to record as a sideman and, because of an impending musician's strike, to also stockpile solo recordings for release in case the strike was a protracted one. After these initial recordings, he was still unemployed. He returned to Knoxville and continued on radio there until he joined The Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle Carter.[1]
The song "Gallopin' on the Guitar" had been released as a single in 1947 and was a minor hit, often being used as a radio theme song by 1949.[1][4]
Also in 1953, his single "Country Gentleman", co-written with Boudleaux Bryant, was a minor hit. It was recorded in a garage.[1]
Atkins stayed with RCA for 36 years until he moved to Columbia Records in 1983.
Track listing
- "Third Man Theme" (Anton Karas) – 2:26
- "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 2:17
- "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Oscar Hammerstein, Sigmund Romberg) – 2:26
- "Nobody's Sweetheart" (Ernie Erdman, Gus Kahn, Billy Meyers, E. Schoebel) – 2:16
- "Stephen Foster Medley" (Stephen Foster) – 2:26
- "Hangover Blues/Imagination" (Atkins, Bryant) (Atkins)
- "Black Mountain Rag" (Traditional) – 2:18
- "Galloping on the Guitar" (Atkins) – 2:29
Personnel
- Chet Atkins – guitar
- Henry "Homer" Haynes– guitar
- Ken "Jethro" Burns – mandolin
- Charlie Grean – bass
References
- ^ ISBN 0-8092-9051-0.
- ISBN 0-634-05565-8.
- ^ Stambler, I and Landon, G. Country Music: The Encyclopedia. (1997) McMillan.
- ^ Oermann, B. Chet Atkins, c.g.p.